Car construction



, 1. o.I NElKlRK. CAR CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-14. 1921.

` Patented Feb. 7 5 1922 PATENT OFFICE- vJOHN O.' NEIKIRK, OF LOMBARD,ILLINOIS.

canv CONSTRUCTION.

v Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

i application inea February/14, 192.1. serial no. 444,879.

To ZZ tlf/rom, t may concern.'

lle it known that l. 'lorriv O. Neiman, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lombard, in the countyvofI Du Page and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Constructions.'

of which the following is a sprwification.

This invention relates to railway cars and particularly to the endconstruction of such cars,- and has for its object to' provide an endconstruction in which the blows and stresses imparted to the strikingplate will he transmitted directly to the frame members of the car andeffectively and more adequately distributed thereto.

ln carrying out my invention provide an end sill member and draft sillsand an integral striking plate casting, these parts being so arrangedand interconnected as to effectively carry out. the above stated objectsof my invention.

ln the accompanying drawing- Figure l is a. front view of a portion ofthe end of a car, showing various members of the car frame and strikingplate casting arranged in accordance with my invention.

Figure '2 is a. section on the line QX-QX of Figure l; and

Figure 3 is a plan view, partly in section, on the line 9S-3* of Figuresl and 2.

A represents a pair of oppositely disposed spaced channel ironsconstituting the draft sills of a' railway car and having upper andlower flanges A and A2. 'B represents the end sill of the car which maybe constructed of a central web or plate with angle iron base flanges l5and B2 which bridge the space between the draft sills A and as shown inthe present example rest upon the cover plate'lI of the draft sills.These parts may be of' any approved construction. As shown, the draftsills extend outwardly beyond the end sill.

C represents a combined striking plate and carry Airon which is anintegral member produced by casting or forging. One feature of themember C consists in a top wall'fl composed of an inner horizontallyextending leg C11 constituting the upper lace of the coupler shankopening. a parallelinwardly extending outer leg C12. and a verticalstriking face C1 which connects the legs C11. C12 and spaces them apart.Legs C11, (12 may be further spaced apart and strengthened by thehorizontally extending vertical Webs C1 in the same vertical plane withthe side Walls in position to lie against the inner faces of the draftsills A, and one or more intermedi ate horizontally'xtending Webs C15.The inner leg C11 extends only for the horizontal dimension of thecoupler shank opening, but the 4upper leg C12 is longer and extends between the spacing Webs C1, C1 a distance sufficient to overlap the baseflanges B of the end sill B and the horizontal flanges A of the draftmembers A7 although it vvill be understood that this member mayunderlie. said end sill flange, if so desired. It is se cured by' rivetsC1G to both the end sill flange B and draft sill 'flanges A', and byint-ermediate rivets C11 to that portion of the end sill flange B whichbridges the space between the draft sills,and also the bridging portionof the cover plate B3 when the latter is employed. Another feature ofthe inember C is its side Walls C2 composed of inn wardly extendingvertical flanges C21 and laterally extending vertical flanges C22.Flanges C21 constitute the lateral confins of the shank-opening. andthey are preferably made to abut against the draft lugs E riveted to theinner faces of the drafts sills A2. The f flanges C21 are riveted to thewebs of the draft sills by means of the flat headed rivets C23 Withinthe shank opening` andeby additional rivets C2A4 below the horizontalWall of the shank opening. A further feature of the member C consists ofthe bottom wall C composed of the inwardly extending horizontal flangeC31- and the downwardly extending vertical flange C32. which strengthensthe flange C31 and affords a rigid and safe carry iron integral with theside walls C2.

1From the above description it will be seen that I have'provided a carend construction in which the frame members of the car are so connectedtogether, through the medium of the striking plate casting, that thestrains imposed 'upon the casting will be transmitted, through therivets connecting the casting to the frame members, directly to saidmembers and also thatthese strains will be resisted by the rivetsconnecting the draft lugs to the draft sills, and that these strains aretransferred to both longitudinal and transverse members of the frame,these parts being rigidly connected together by the fasteningsconnecting them to the striking plate casting. It will be further seenthat by the employment of an integral striking plate casting and carryiron, such as I have shown, the frame members,

as above described, arel 15 height strongly reenforced and it will befurther noted that'the members-of the casting are v.generally of angleshape giving the greatest possible strength with the least amount of 5metal and that owing to this shape of the lower horizontal portion ofthe casting forming, the carry iron I am enabled to (advantageouslyplace the lower rivets in the said members of the casting to connectthem to i0 the draft sill members. It is further apparq ent that it ispossible in this structure to form the opening in the Acasting of theproper dimensions to receive the standard coupler shank :and'support itat the standard and with the standard side elearance without the use ofany additional parts. Having now described my invention, what I claimand desire to-secure by Letters Patent, is: A

'1.' A railway car comprising draft sillsA having flanged upper edges,an end sillhaving `a flanged lower edge, the ends'of said draft sillsextending beyond the end sill, an integral striking plate casting andlcarry 254 iron having upper, lower and side flanges surrounding anopening receiving the coupler shank, `means securing an upper flange ofthe casting to the flanges ot' the end sill and draft sill, and separatemeans securing 30 said upper flange to the flange of the end sill.

2. A railway car comprising draft sills lhaving flanged upper edges, anend sill having a fianged lower edge, an integral striking 35 platecasting and carry iron having upper,

lower and side flanges surrounding an opene ing receiving the coupler'sha-nk, common means securing said upper flange of 'the easting to thedra-ft sill and end sill flanges, and means separately securing saidupper flange of' the Casting to thelianges of the draft sills 3. Arailway car comprising draft sills having fianged upper edges, a'n endsill hav ing a flanged lower edge, said draft ,sills extending beyondthe end sill, an integral i5 striking plate casting and earry ironhaving upper, lower and side flanges, said ianges surrounding an openingto receive the eeu-- pler shank and supporting said shank at thestandard clearance, means securing an upper flange of the' casting tothe flanges on the ends et the draft sills, beyond the endsill, and coinmon/means securing said 'upper flange of .the casting to the flanges ofthe end silland the 'draft sills, means securing the side flanges of'the casting to the sides of ther draft sills,

4. A railway car comprising draft sills, an end silll having anoutwardly lextendinig flanged lower edge secured to the upper faces ofthe draft sills, an integral striking Y plate casting and carry ironhaving anv upper flange extending inwardly,7 toward the flange of theend sill; said end sill flange and cast ing flange being arranged tooverlap, and means for securing said endsill -iange and casting flangetogether.

Signed at Chicago, llls., this 3rd day of February, 1921. Y

` JOHN O. NElKlBl height and with the standard side 553 r

